Project Management Essentials
Overview
- Understanding the process of Project Management
- Selecting and working on projects, understanding organizations and stakeholders
- The Project Management Process Groups
- Integration Management
- Scope Management
- Time Management
- Cost Management
- Quality Management
- Human Resource Management
- Communication Management
- Risk Management
- Procurement Management
- Project Closing
- Overview of MS Project
Lectures, case studies, exercises and group discussions will be used, together with MS Project.
Assignment(s)/Quizzes/Tests | 5% - 40% |
Term Project | 20% - 30% |
Participation | 5% - 10% |
Final Examination | 20% - 30% |
100% |
Students may conduct research as part of their coursework in this class. Instructors for the course are responsible for ensuring that student research projects comply with College policies on ethical conduct for research involving humans, which can require obtaining Informed Consent from participants and getting the approval of the Douglas College Research Ethics Board prior to conducting the research.
- Identify and assess what constitutes a project
- Describe the role of the project manager
- Describe project management and discuss key elements of the project management framework, including project stakeholders, the project management knowledge areas, common tools and techniques, project life cycle and project success
- Analyze the relationship between project and portfolio management and the contribution they make to enterprise success
- Assess and apply the five project management process groups to a project
- Describe the typical level of activity for each process group, and the interactions among them
- Demonstrate an understanding of the project management process groups and their relationship to the project management knowledge areas
- Evaluate and assess various measures of determining project success
- Perform basic tasks with the Microsoft Project software tool
- Plan and manage a small in-class project
Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students:
Textbook(s): Project Management: The Managerial Process, Latest Edition, by Clifford F. Gray and Erik W. Larson, McGraw-Hill Irwin (Required) OR other textbooks as approved by department.
Project Management Institute, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) (optional)
Instructor compiled materials (if applicable)
Requisites
Prerequisites
Courses listed here must be completed prior to this course:
- No prerequisite courses
Corequisites
Courses listed here must be completed either prior to or simultaneously with this course:
- No corequisite courses
Equivalencies
COBA 3200 - Project Management
Course Guidelines
Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
Course Transfers
These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca
Institution | Transfer Details for BUSN 3600 |
---|---|
Athabasca University (AU) | AU MGSC 205 (3) |
Capilano University (CAPU) | CAPU BADM 318 (3) |
College of the Rockies (COTR) | COTR MGMT 2XX (3) |
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | KPU BUSI 1XXX (3) |
Langara College (LANG) | LANG BUSM 2XXX (3) |
Simon Fraser University (SFU) | SFU BUS 2XX (3) |
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU MNGT 4730 (3) |
University Canada West (UCW) | UCW BUSI 3XX (3) |
University of Northern BC (UNBC) | UNBC COMM 2XX (3) |
University of Victoria (UVIC) | UVIC COM 2XX (1.5) |
Course Offerings
Winter 2023
BUSN 3600 001 - This section is restricted to Business Management Diplomas, BBA Management, PDD Project Management, PBD International & PDD Supply Chain Management, PBD Health Information Management, PDD Information & Communication Technology, PBD Advanced Human Resource Management, and PBD Advanced Supply Chain Management until Friday, December 16, 2022, at 9 am.
BUSN 3600 is equivalent to COBA 3200. Students whose program requires them to take COBA 3200 should take BUSN 3600. Students who have taken COBA 3200 may not take BUSN 3600 for credit.
BUSN 3600 002 - This section is restricted to Business Management Diplomas, BBA Management, PDD Project Management, PBD International & PDD Supply Chain Management, PBD Health Information Management, PDD Information & Communication Technology, PBD Advanced Human Resource Management, and PBD Advanced Supply Chain Management until Friday, December 16, 2022, at 9 am.
BUSN 3600 is equivalent to COBA 3200. Students whose program requires them to take COBA 3200 should take BUSN 3600. Students who have taken COBA 3200 may not take BUSN 3600 for credit.
BUSN 3600 003 - This section is restricted to Business Management Diplomas, BBA Management, PDD Project Management, PBD International & PDD Supply Chain Management, PBD Health Information Management, PDD Information & Communication Technology, PBD Advanced Human Resource Management, and PBD Advanced Supply Chain Management until Friday, December 16, 2022, at 9 am.
BUSN 3600 is equivalent to COBA 3200. Students whose program requires them to take COBA 3200 should take BUSN 3600. Students who have taken COBA 3200 may not take BUSN 3600 for credit.
BUSN 3600 050 - This section is restricted to Business Management Diplomas, BBA Management, PDD Project Management, PBD International & PDD Supply Chain Management, PBD Health Information Management, PDD Information & Communication Technology, PBD Advanced Human Resource Management, and PBD Advanced Supply Chain Management until Friday, December 16, 2022, at 9 am.
BUSN 3600 is equivalent to COBA 3200. Students whose program requires them to take COBA 3200 should take BUSN 3600. Students who have taken COBA 3200 may not take BUSN 3600 for credit.
BUSN 3600 006 - This section is restricted to Business Management Diplomas, BBA Management, PDD Project Management, PBD International & PDD Supply Chain Management, PBD Health Information Management, PDD Information & Communication Technology, PBD Advanced Human Resource Management, and PBD Advanced Supply Chain Management until Friday, December 16, 2022, at 9 am.
BUSN 3600 is equivalent to COBA 3200. Students whose program requires them to take COBA 3200 should take BUSN 3600. Students who have taken COBA 3200 may not take BUSN 3600 for credit.